Red Pepper Software allies with Oracle Corp. to bring intelligent agent-based scheduling to manufacturers

Business Wire, Feb 27, 1995

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1995--Red Pepper Software Co. today announced that Oracle Corp. has selected Red Pepper's ResponseAgent manufacturing planning and scheduling software for use across a wide range of industries.

The alliance enables sites employing Oracle Manufacturing software to dramatically improve responsiveness to their customers with Red Pepper's intelligent agent-based planning and scheduling technology. As part of this alliance, Red Pepper Software joins Oracle's Cooperative Applications Initiative.

ResponseAgents enable responsiveness with real-time planning and scheduling that manages unpredictability in any manufacturing variable. These variables, such as capacity, customer demand or material availability are simultaneously considered according to the user's business objectives. The ResponseAgents seamlessly integrate with the Oracle Manufacturing system to capture materials and customer information. After integrating this information with a detailed model of the manufacturer's supply chain, the ResponseAgents create optimized plans and schedules.

"We're constantly striving to provide our customers with the best and most complete solutions to their supply chain management challenges," said Polly Sumner, vice president of Worldwide Business Alliances for Oracle. "Red Pepper's ResponseAgents bring a new approach to planning and scheduling to manufacturing systems applications, and the tight coupling with Oracle Manufacturing represents a powerful combination for today's advanced manufacturers."

"Manufacturers today need the most advanced software technology to achieve and maintain leadership," said Monte Zweben, president of Red Pepper Software. "By combining Oracle's rich set of manufacturing applications with Red Pepper's intelligent agent technology, we can help companies address the challenges posed by mass customization and time-based competition. In many industries, there is a major trend toward configure-to-order manufacturing. The combined power and flexibility of Oracle's and Red Pepper's solutions enables manufacturers to meet the changing requirements of their customers best, and thereby gain a competitive advantage."

About Red Pepper Software Co.

Red Pepper Software is the innovative developer of a new class of real-time planning and scheduling software based on intelligent agent technology. The company's ResponseAgent products, designed to complement and integrate with existing transactional systems, enable real-time responsiveness to customer requirements. ResponseAgents integrate plant or enterprise-wide materials, capacity and customer demand information, then apply advanced optimization technology to rapidly generate plans or schedules. -0-

NOTE TO EDITORS: ResponseAgent is a trademark of the Red Pepper Software Co.

CONTACT: Red Pepper Software Co., Mountain View

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